# The July 2019 Open Organization Ambassadors Report
## Contents
{1} Editor's Notes
{2} Ambassador Publications
{3} Site Stats
{4} Monthly Highlights
{5} Looking Ahead
{6} Ambassador Notes
## {1} Editor's Notes
Welcome to the July newsletter, dear readers! The open organization
community was busy last month, and I'm pleased to provide this update on
all we've achieved as we barrel into the second half of 2019.
In July, we published four new articles, including a special, two-part
series on continuous learning and adaptability from new author Colin
Willis. Overall, our materials generated 14,539 page views. Volumes in
the _Open Organization_ book series received 248 downloads, and our
monthly newsletter achieved an open rate of 56.33%.
Please read on to learn more!
Editorially yours,
Bryan
## {2} Ambassador Publications
(Ambassadors did not publish any articles on Opensource.com in July.)
## {3} Site Stats
Our top articles of the month were:
1. Jim Hall: "From e-learning to m-learning: Open education's next move"
https://opensource.com/open-organization/19/7/m-learning-open-education
Views: 1,303
2. Colin Willis: "Become a lifelong learner and succeed at work"
https://opensource.com/open-organization/19/7/informal-learning-adaptability
Views: 1,027
Additional metrics:
Page views for July: 14,539 (June: 13,549; May: 13,812)
Organize for Innovation downloads in July: 57 (June: 291; May: 45)
Workbook downloads in July: 40 (June: 45; May: 40)
Guide to IT Culture Change downloads in July: 50 (June: 77; May: 60)
Leaders Manual downloads in July: 42 (June: 76; May: 54)
Field Guide downloads in July: 34 (June: 50; May: 41)
Open Organization Definition downloads in July: 25 (June: 19; May: 20)
## {4} Monthly Highlights
The next book in the _Open Organization_ book series, _The Open
Organization Guide for Educators: Transformative teaching and learning
for a rapidly changing world_, is one month away from its planned
September launch. Editors are now performing final editorial work, and
cover designs are nearly complete. Anyone interested in helping
proofread the book can pitch in at the project's GitHub repository.[1]
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[1]
https://github.com/open-organization-ambassadors/open-org-educators-guide
## {5} Looking Ahead
The next meeting of the Open Organization Ambassadors will occur on
August 15 at 09:00 Eastern / 13:00 UTC / 15:00 CEST. Meeting notes are
now available and ambassadors can edit them to add agenda items.[1]
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Open Organization Ambassadors are preparing to converge on Raleigh for
All Things Open 2019 in October. Ambassadors will attend the conference,
participate in a community planning workshop, and staff the Open
Organization booth on the expo hall floor, where they'll be able to
discuss culture- and process-focused challenges with attendees.[2]
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[1] https://www.theopenorganization.community/t/august-15-2019-meeting/74
[2] https://allthingsopen.org/
## {6} Ambassador Notes
Ron McFarland writes:
"I've working on a nuclear power decommissioning project here in Japan.
That has got me exploring IV Generation Nuclear Power (advanced nuclear
reactors). This research has been going for several years now. It is
very much in an 'open organization,' information sharing forward between
a lot of start-ups. I'm writing a case study on what I’ve learned so far."
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Jen Kelchner writes:
"I created and led a Learning Lab pilot for a global organization's
historic event held in Manila in June. The Learning Lab kicked off on
Day 1 with a seminar-style introduction to the speed of innovation, open
principles, and why transformation efforts are easier today than ever
before. The 250 influencers (from 6 continents) who participated in the
Lab returned on Day 2 and 3 to not only learn collaborative
problem-solving techniques and how to cross collaborate—culturally and
across channels—but also to learn, hands-on, how to model open
principles and conduct learning communities. Resources used in the lab
were opened so that each influencer could take the practices back into
their marketplaces and communities. The Learning Lab hosted 250+
participants, 32 individual labs working on 19 different
workplace-related issues, and boasted a ~90% met/exceeded expectations.
Feedback is still coming in, however, the consistent message is that the
Learning Lab was the most impactful moment of the week-long Global
Workplace Forum.
The real excitement for me was when participants wanted to know how to
adapt open principles and practices for education, churches, and even
mental health practice. I've always seen the true value of the
principles of open being applied as a problem solver for human
connection issues over technology building; but, then again my specialty
is human dynamics. I believe the open-source community gave birth to a
core set of values that can absolutely change the world and solve big
challenges."
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(See you in September!—BB)
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